Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:46:16 -0600 (CST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/9] slab: introduce alien_cache |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> Currently, we use array_cache for alien_cache. Although they are mostly > similar, there is one difference, that is, need for spinlock. > We don't need spinlock for array_cache itself, but to use array_cache for > alien_cache, array_cache structure should have spinlock. This is needless > overhead, so removing it would be better. This patch prepare it by > introducing alien_cache and using it. In the following patch, > we remove spinlock in array_cache.
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
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